This page lists the World Best Year Performance in 1999 in both the men's and the women's race walking distances: 20 km and 50 km (outdoor). One of the main events during this season were the 1999 World Athletics Championships in Seville, Spain. Guatemala's Julio René Martínez broke the world record in the men's 20 km, clocking 1:17:46 on May 8, 1999, in Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany.
Abbreviations All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds WR world recordAR area recordCR event recordNR national recordPB personal best
Men's 20 km
Records Standing records prior to the 1999 season in track and fieldWorld Record 1:18:04 April 7, 1994 Beijing, PR ChinaBroken records during the 1999 season in track and fieldWorld Record 1:17:46 May 8, 1999 Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany
1999 World Year Ranking RankTimeAthleteVenueDateNote 1 1:17:46 Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany 08/05/1999 WR2 1:17:56 Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany 08/05/1999 3 1:18:40 Turku, Finland 22/05/1999 4 1:18:50 Turku, Finland 22/05/1999 5 1:19:00 Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany 08/05/1999 6 1:19:05 Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany 08/05/1999 7 1:19:24 Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany 08/05/1999 8 1:19:36 Saransk, Russia 12/06/1999 9 1:19:46 Calella, Spain 09/05/1999 10 1:19:55 Adler, Russia 07/02/1999 11 1:19:57 Adler, Russia 07/02/1999 Cheboksary, Russia 05/09/1999 13 1:20:01 Adler, Russia 07/02/1999 14 1:20:12 Wajima, Japan 18/04/1999 15 1:20:15 Adelaide, Australia 26/01/1999 Kobe, Japan 31/01/1999 17 1:20:17 Winnipeg, Canada 26/07/1999 18 1:20:21 Adler, Russia 07/02/1999 Mézidon-Canon, France 01/05/1999 20 1:20:31 Hildesheim, Germany 12/09/1999 21 1:20:45 Calella, Spain 09/05/1999 22 1:20:46 Winnipeg, Canada 26/07/1999 23 1:20:47 Kyyjärvi, Finland 17/07/1999 24 1:20:49 Melbourne, Australia 19/03/1999 25 1:20:54 Calella, Spain 09/05/1999
Men's 50 km
Records Standing records prior to the 1999 season in track and field World Record 3:37:41 August 5, 1989 Leningrad, Soviet Union
1999 World Year Ranking RankTimeAthleteVenueDateNote 1 3:39:22 Mézidon-Canon, France 02/05/1999 2 3:40:08 Mézidon-Canon, France 02/05/1999 3 3:40:13 Mézidon-Canon, France 02/05/1999 4 3:40:40 Mézidon-Canon, France 02/05/1999 5 3:40:54 Mézidon-Canon, France 02/05/1999 6 3:41:56 Mézidon-Canon, France 02/05/1999 7 3:43:15 Mézidon-Canon, France 02/05/1999 8 3:44:18 Saransk, Russia 13/06/1999 9 3:45:29 Mézidon-Canon, France 02/05/1999 10 3:46:36 Mézidon-Canon, France 02/05/1999 11 3:47:16 Saransk, Russia 13/06/1999 12 3:47:54 Sevilla, Spain 25/08/1999 13 3:48:01 Mézidon-Canon, France 02/05/1999 14 3:48:04 Mézidon-Canon, France 02/05/1999 15 3:48:05 Mézidon-Canon, France 02/05/1999 16 3:48:14 Mézidon-Canon, France 02/05/1999 17 3:48:27 Mézidon-Canon, France 02/05/1999 18 3:48:30 Mézidon-Canon, France 02/05/1999 19 3:48:42 Torrevieja, Spain 21/03/1999 20 3:48:55 Mézidon-Canon, France 02/05/1999 21 3:48:56 Mézidon-Canon, France 02/05/1999 22 3:49:07 Saransk, Russia 13/06/1999 23 3:49:22 Mézidon-Canon, France 02/05/1999 24 3:49:51 Naucalpan, Mexico 21/03/1999 25 3:49:53 Mézidon-Canon, France 02/05/1999
Women's 20 km
Records Standing records prior to the 1999 season in track and field World Record 1:27:30 May 1, 1995 Beijing, PR China
1999 World Year Ranking RankTimeAthleteVenueDateNote 1 1:27:30 Adler, Russia 07/02/1999 WR 2 1:27:32 Mézidon-Canon, France02/05/1999 3 1:27:35 Mézidon-Canon, France02/05/1999 4 1:27:46 Békéscsaba, Hungary 28/03/1999 5 1:28:01 Adler, Russia 07/02/1999 6 1:28:21 Cheboksary, Russia 04/09/1999 7 1:28:33 Adler, Russia 07/02/1999 8 1:28:35 Os, Norway 25/09/1999 9 1:28:40 Brest-Litevsk, Belarus 04/06/1999 10 1:28:51 Brest-Litevsk, Belarus 04/06/1999 11 1:28:58 Brest-Litevsk, Belarus 04/06/1999 12 1:29:00 Saransk, Russia 12/06/1999 13 1:29:09 Adler, Russia 07/02/1999 14 1:29:15 Mézidon-Canon, France 02/05/1999 15 1:29:20 Brest-Litevsk, Belarus 04/06/1999 16 1:29:23 Almaty, Kazakhstan 27/03/1999 17 1:29:39 Mézidon-Canon, France 02/05/1999 18 1:30:03 Mézidon-Canon, France 02/05/1999 1:30:03 Mézidon-Canon, France 02/05/1999 20 1:30:07 Adler, Russia 07/02/1999 21 1:30:12 Saransk, Russia 12/06/1999 22 1:30:13 Mézidon-Canon, France 02/05/1999 23 1:30:34 Adler, Russia 07/02/1999 24 1:30:35 Mézidon-Canon, France 02/05/1999 25 1:30:49 Prato, Italy 11/09/1999
See also 1999 IAAF World Race Walking Cup
References marciaitaliana IAAF